
- Timeline
- About me- Project Manager 
- Education - University of dayton2009 - 2013Bachelor of science in business administration (b.s.b.a.) management information systems, general- Activities and Societies: 2009-2013 Men's Club Water Polo - 2012-13 Team President 
 
- Experience - Monster energyJan 2011 - Jan 2013University of dayton collegiate ambassador- • Pick up and distribute 20 cases of Monster Energy drinks to students and faculty throughout the entirety of the campus free of charge• Work with sororities, fraternities, clubs, and other organizations on campus to help promote Monster throughout campus• Submit bi-monthly reports discussing events and social gatherings I attended where I distribute the energy drinks and other Monster promotional items 
 - The aes corporationJan 2012 - Jan 2013Business analyst & technical consultant- Senior MIS Capstone Project• IT consultant for Dayton Power and Light Inc. (DP&L)• Worked through SDLC methodology to create an IT asset tracking system• Created a fully functioning system by implementing MS InfoPath and SharePoint solution to manage roughly $3M in IT assets• Two semester course receiving real world IT deployment experience• Received "Team of the Year Award" recognized by MIS department faculty and chairman 
 - Dell technologiesMay 2012 - Aug 2012Intern- - Performed daily activities that allowed the IT/Sales department to run more smoothly- Worked with MS Visio to develop “Big Animal Pictures” to be presented to customers by technical consultants- Oversaw the “Big Hitter Contest” by tracking updates and adding new entries into Salesforce.com while developing a weekly report of the standings 
 - Dell technologiesJan 2013 - Jan 2017Delivery specialist- Installs and/or upgrades EMC software and hardware products in an Open Systems environment. Installation functions include: technical planning, design review including providing feedback on solution, the creation of implementation configuration files, running/storing cable, defining and applying hardware/software settings and setting up remote support.Performs basic to moderately complex and/or extended-stay software implementations and migrations. Implementation functions may include; configuring network interfaces, configuring file systems, configuring IP/FC/iSCSI Host Base Adapters (HBAs), running scripts, zoning and masking, installing and upgrading software/code, testing/validating final product solution and developing appropriate customer configuration guides.Perform wide range of NFS and SMB (CIFS) NAS file migrations from Netapp/EMC Celerra/EMC VNX to EMC Isilon arrays utilizing broad variety of migration tools including Robocopy, Rsync, Isi_Vol_Copy, Emcopy, and Data Dynamics StorageX. Knowledgeable and experienced in migration solution architecture, environment preparation, automating copy scripts, and cut over activities. Completed successful migrations moving billions of files, equating to petabytes worth of data movement throughout customer environments. Show less 
 - AheadJan 2017 - Feb 2022- • Communicate job expectations to team members while planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions accordingly• Enforce policies and procedures for each project• Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, quoting services, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations• Enhance departmental and organizational reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing newand different requests while exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments• Develop budgets and track budget expenses• Staff projects appropriately and supervise team members• Manage team members in a proficient and effective manner• Promote process improvement• Must pursue professional self-development opportunities on a regular basis Show less • Work closely with Account Teams and Sales Business Analysts to produce bills of materials for customer specified solutions• Complete configurations and quotes for all vendor hardware and software solutions• Collaborate with Technical Architects to complete solutions performance analysis and sizing• Gather Pre-Sales proposals and documentation for Project Transition process• Complete pre-site qualification and documentation quickly and accurately• Create baseline proposals and RFP responses• Trains Technical Architects on opportunity and quoting process and tools Show less - IT Project ManagerNov 2020 - Feb 2022
- Pre-Sales Support SpecialistJan 2017 - Nov 2020
 
 - Burwood groupFeb 2022 - Jun 2024It project manager- • Collaborate with Account Executives and Consultants throughout the sales process to create estimates, proposals, and essential sales materials• Define and achieve key milestones, including determining optimal project team staffing and ensuring project requirements are fulfilled• Communicate project goals, objectives, and customer expectations clearly to the project team, and oversee timely completion of project deliverables within budget• Coordinate events and serve as the primary liaison for both internal teams and external resources• Cultivate a 'Trusted Advisor' status by building strong relationships and rapport with clients. Show less 
 
- Licenses & Certifications- View certificate Vmware certified professional 6 – data center virtualizationVmwareMay 2019
- View certificate Datadobi certified sales engineerDatadobiDec 2018
- View certificate Certified scrummaster® (csm®)Scrum allianceOct 2021
- View certificate Associate - information storage and management version 2.0Dell technologiesAug 2013
- View certificate Specialist - implementation engineer, isilon solutions version 1.0Dell technologiesNov 2013
- View certificate Project management professional (pmp)®Project management instituteJun 2024
 
- Honors & Awards- Awarded to Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM2023 Project Management Office (PMO) MVP Burwood Group Dec 2023
- Awarded to Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM2019 Hackathon Competition Winner AHEAD LLC Oct 2019 Built a tool that references historical product pricing data and automates pricing recommendations to provide feedback on whether we have the best client price and AHEAD discount
- Awarded to Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM2018 Pre-Sales Support Resource of the Year AHEAD LLC 2018
- Awarded to Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM2x: Collaborate, Innovate, Drive Award (CID) AHEAD LLC 2017 The CID Award recognizes those individuals who go above and beyond for the AHEAD. Employee must demonstrate one or more of AHEAD’s operating principles while stepping willingly outside of the scope of his or her job responsibilities or perform at an advanced level.
- Awarded to Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM2x Excellence@EMC ‘Bronze Level’ Award Winner Dell EMC 2015
- Awarded to Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM2x Excellence@EMC ‘Cause for Applause’ Award Winner Dell EMC 2014
- Awarded to Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM2013 MIS Senior Project 'Team of the Year' Award University of Dayton May 2013 Designed and implemented an IT asset tracking system into a production environment from the ground up utilizing the SDLC methodology to track roughly $3M in IT assets
- Awarded to Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM2012 Men's Club Water Polo All-American Award Collegiate Water Polo Association 2012
- Awarded to Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM2012 Men's Club Water Polo All-Conference Award Collegiate Water Polo Association 2012 Great Lakes Division
 
- Volunteer Experience- BMW Championship - MarshalIssued by PGA TOUR on Aug 2019 Associated with Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM Associated with Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM
- BMW Championship - Ball SpotterIssued by PGA TOUR on Aug 2023 Associated with Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM Associated with Evan Ruggiero, PMP, CSM
 
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